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Myers' Quick-Growing 

 White Plume Celery 



A new strain of White Plume Celery, selected and 

 improved by Myers <fc Bowman, the well-known Phila- 

 delphia market gardeners. It is unquestionably the 

 earliest celery known, being ready for market 10 days to 

 2 weeks earlier than any other strnin. It differs also 

 from the old White Plume in size and habit, somewhat 

 resembling the Paris Golden Self-Blanching, but more 

 stocky and robust, throwing out from 8 to 12 hearts. 

 Leaves are very light in color and entirely free from 

 green celery. ' It has proven to be by far the handsomest, 

 best and most salable early celery that has been offered 

 on Philadelphia markets the past three seasons. 



Choice home-grown seed, per pkt., 15c; oz., 45c; 

 %lb., 81.10; lb.,S4.00. 



JOHNSON* & STOKES. 



Dear Sirs: — I send you to-day a photograph of a 

 bunch of 12 stalks of Myers' Quick-Growing White 

 Plume Celery trimmed ready for the table. The bunch 

 weighs 8 lbs. Had it not been for the extremely back- 

 ward season I would have had it in the market sooner. 

 Last year I marketed my first celery of this variety on 

 June 15th. I think it was nearly as heavy as this. The 

 plants were set out in the open ground on May 15th this 

 season, while last year I set them out first part of May. 

 It is certainly " quick-growing." 



Yours respectfully, 



M. Wetterling, Ionia, Mich. 



New Klondike 



Cucumber 



Photograph of mvers' quick-growing -white plvme celery, 

 asgrown by Mr. M. Wetterling, Ionia, Mich. See his letter. 



This is a hybrid sort of the White Spine type which 

 holds its attractive dark green color longer than any 

 other sort we have seen. When of suitable size for 

 shipping it averages from 6 to 7 inches long, the ends are 

 quite square and it is about 2 inches thick. 



The quality is unsurpassed. Wherever it is sold to 

 market gardeners it has become their main crop and the 

 demand for it is growing rapidly. 



Its points of superiority are: — extreme earliness; a 

 prolific bearer; very hardy, producing fair crops under 

 such unfavorable conditions as cause many other sorts 

 to fail; very dark green and holding its attractive color 

 and crispness for a long time; size just right for a slicing 

 cucumber. 



It is also quite firm when small, making an excellent 

 pickling sort. Price, per pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; % lb., 75c; 

 lb., $2.50. 



NEW KLONDIKE CUCCMBER 



